On April 7th, according to the official website of the Ministry of Commerce, on April 6th, Ling Ji, Deputy Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations, presided over a roundtable meeting for US funded enterprises. Representatives from over 20 American companies, including Tesla, GE Healthcare, and Medtronic, attended the conference. Ling Ji stated that in recent days, the United States has announced, under various pretexts, the indiscriminate imposition of tariffs on all trading partners, including China, seriously damaging the rules based multilateral trading system and infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of all countries. The Chinese government strongly condemns and firmly opposes this, and has taken decisive measures to counter it. China's countermeasures are not only a firm defense of the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, including American funded ones, but also a way to steer the United States back onto the correct track of the multilateral trading system. The root of the tariff issue lies in the United States. We hope that American funded enterprises can trace its origins, clarify causes and effects, make rational voices, take practical actions, jointly maintain the stability of the global supply chain, and promote win-win cooperation. No matter how the international situation changes, China remains steadfast in promoting reform and opening up. Multilateralism is an inevitable choice to solve the difficulties and challenges facing the world. China's door to opening up will only continue to widen, and its policy of utilizing foreign investment has not changed and will not change. The Ministry of Commerce will continue to provide guarantees for foreign-funded enterprises in China, including American funded enterprises, protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign-funded enterprises in accordance with the law, and actively promote the resolution of problems and demands of foreign-funded enterprises. China has been, is, and will always be an ideal, safe, and promising investment ground for foreign investors Ling Ji said. The representatives of the attending companies stated that this meeting has conveyed a positive signal and will report to the headquarters in a timely manner. At the meeting, representatives of enterprises reflected on the problems encountered in current investment and operation, and the heads of relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Commerce responded one by one on site. (New Society)